Re: DEFEATED by House - Re: US Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch
- From: Bruce W. Ellis <ellis@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:09:44 -0600
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:50:08 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools
<too_many_tools@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 28, 5:33 pm, Lars Eighner <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I don't think this will be a big item in the next elections. There
In our last episode,
<50432a45-1994-41f5-b89b-dbc369826...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the
lovely and talented Too_Many_Tools broadcast on alt.video.digital-tv:
On Jan 28, 10:23 pm, "D. Stussy" <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At least some portion of Congress used some common sense and killed the
analog TV termination extension bill.
February 17, 2009 shall remain the deadline.
Aside: I was in a local electronics store the other day (for reasons otherFor now...LOL
than TV equipment) and noted that the particular chain store I was in moved
all their in-stock TV converters to the front aisle by the entrance - just
for those procrastinators.
So what are you going to do about the 6.5 million homes (with 4.5
consumers per house) = 30 millions consumers who advertisers will not
have access to.
They wouldn't get the boxes when the boxes were free. What are the
odds they will buy advertised stuff that costs money?
Fortunately, many broadcasters will convert on schedule no matter what.
Delaying the conversion would be likely to affect more viewers because
stations cannot move to their new digital channels until analog channels get
out of the way.
Why should viewers who got with the program lose stations because of
the few who couldn't be bothered to go pick up a free box?
--
Lars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
8 days since Rick Warren prayed over Bush's third term.
Obama: No hope, no change, more of the same. Yes, he can, but no, he won't.
Free?
Convenient how you forgot to mention that the REPUBLICAN coupon
program ran out of money and has a waiting list of millions.
Typical winger avoiding responsibility for his actions.
LOL...yeah losing access to 30 million consumers might just make a
difference to the advertisers that broadcasters depend on.
The bright side without all those commercials, people will save more
money, buy less junk and have time to call their Congressmen to
complain.
I wonder how the REPUBLICANS will respond when it is on record that
they voted against the interests of their voters.
I know how the voters will respond the next election.
TMT
are far more important issues going on. If one is so disorganized, so
unable to pull their chit together, so unaware of all the incessant
warnings, I doubt moving the deadline four months will make much, if
any, difference. Unfortunately, there are people that cannot pull
together $40 - $50 for a box now. The way things are going, it's not
going to be any easier for them by June. Surely, Congress has more
pressing interests to deal with.
.
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